Vistra recognizes the importance of workplace analysis and hazard management regarding our employees, our employees’ families, and the communities surrounding our facilities. Each day we strive to identify the hazards within our operations and implement the appropriate defenses to reduce the potential of safety and operational risk and incidents. Vistra’s hazard management effort is a continuous improvement process integrated throughout the organization to establish our Best Defense.
Vistra relies on the Center of Excellence (COE) groups, such as the Hazard Management COE, to provide standards to manage the hazards associated with our industry. The goal is to provide safe working environments and establish our Best Defense. The standards created by these COE groups will provide current and updated procedures, practices, and guidance documents. This will ensure all sites have the tools to stay in compliance with current regulations, share best practices, and have access to audit and review guidelines.
Vistra is committed to implementing the best hazard management programs to ensure that all hazards have been minimized to the lowest level of risk, and the company uses ANSI Z10’s guidance for the hierarchy of controls to reduce risks in the workplace as low as reasonably practicable.
We utilize Pre- and Post-Job Briefs as the main tools for hazard assessments at Vistra. The Pre-Job Brief is one of the most effective Human Performance Improvement (HPI) tools available for reducing significant injuries and fatalities. An effective Pre-Job Brief ensures workers and supervisors understand the scope of work to be performed so they can identify the hazards and related safety precautions associated with “this team on this task at this time.”
The purpose of the Post-Job Review is to identify improvements that can be made to the performance of tasks. Once the areas of improvement are identified, changes to task resources and procedures can be incorporated appropriately for future tasks.
Vistra’s commitment to industrial safety includes a focus on minimizing the severity of highly hazardous activities that may result in serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs). Examples of such highly hazardous activities that may lead to SIFs include but are not limited to: confined space entry, electrical safety, heavy equipment operation and driving, lifting and rigging, lockout tagout, heavy equipment operations, and working at height.
Emphasis on Highly Hazards Topics and Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention
Corporate / Retail Highly Hazard Safety Activities
